Descrizione - ✦EXTREMELY BARBARIC MEAT TRADE EXPOSED:Dog meat is often thought of as an isolated regional custom – but the recent 'Last Chance for Animals' investigation shows there is still a thriving market for the sick practice..✦ABOUT THE VIDEO:Inside horrific slaughterhouses at Changchun (长春), literally "Long Spring", an industrial city in northeastern China, capital and largest city of Jilin province.the sickening footage gathered by investigators for US animal protection charity 'Last Chance For Animals' Revealed:★-TERRIFIED dogs are chased and clubbed to death by sadistic gang members so their meat can be sold to Chinese restaurants..◕Illegal meat traders are seen battering the innocent animals-many of which are STOLEN FAMILY PETS–and leaving their lifeless bodies in pools of blood..★-In shocking undercover footage obtained by The Sun,some of the dogs are seen shaking while their throats are slit before they slowly suffocate and die.. Others are gassed to death! Although China's dog meat trade is widely known about,authorities have previously insisted the animals are killed - - 'humanely'..★-The footage shows the dog's first being thrown into packed cages like ragdolls, one on top of the other, by cruel handlers using metal tongs.Dogs are removed from cages to be thrown into carts heading to the slaughterhouse.. ★-They are then dumped into enormous cages where another set of men chase the dogs into corners before battering them to death with metre-long rods.★-In one scene,a pile of bleeding dogs are seen lying on the concrete floor while a man runs after the last living one who tries to hide under a plank of wood.★-The sadistic killer catches up with the cowering animal and whacks her with a metal pole repeatedly until she gives up the fight..★-Pained scream-like noises ring out throughout the footage as the dogs are tortured.◕After suffering the most gruesome deaths,the dogs are thrown into huge vats of boiling water where their fur is removed..◕The flaccid bodies emerge bleached and ready to be chopped up for cooking at restaurants throughout the province..◕They are flung across the floor while their furs are gathered to be sold for fashion..◕The film then cuts to show rows of dead dogs being hung on hooks to be blow-torched–another scene too gruesome to broadcast..✦Dogs are not an approved species under China’s food safety slaughter regulations.But China is one of only 11 countries in the world where selling dog meat is legal..-When officials were alerted, the slaughterhouses were shut down! But the country does not have animal cruelty laws so the gangs cannot be prosecuted for harming and killing the animals..★-It is feared the slaughterhouses will reopen at different sites under the cover of darkness..◕Hollywood actress Kim Basinger, who backs the charity, said: "When I heard about the brutal dog meat industry in China I was shocked to learn that there are no animal cruelty laws to protect them or any other animal."Every second of every minute of every day the cruelty is ongoing, with over 10 million dogs killed each year."◕Adam Wilson, Director of Investigations for the charity,added: "LCA appreciates the Chinese provincial authorities,police,and regulatory agencies that took swift action when presented with the evidence.. "It's shocking to witness dogs beaten to death at a slaughterhouse, and see livestock trucks full of pets, but we must also see it as an opportunity to urge for greater animal protection standards in China.✦WATCH ALSO THE LAST INVESTIGATION FOOTAGE(2015)FROM ANIMAL EQUALITY IN CHINA ABOUT DOGS AND CATS BEING KILLED FOR THEIR FUR TO PRODUCE TOYS,BAGS AND